“That's why we sail. So our children can grow up and be proud of whom they are. We are healing our souls by reconnecting to our ancestors. As we voyage we are creating new stories within the tradition of the old stories, we are literally creating a new culture out of the old.” ChildrenSoulStoriesCultureGrowsHealingGrowing UpProudTravelCreatingTraditionOur ChildrenAncestorSailBe ProudSailingVoyagesSpiritual HealingHawaiiansNew CulturesReconnectingNavigators Author:Nainoa Thompson
“If you grow up where a snow mountain lifts its proud crown on the home horizon, in some strange way it becomes a member of the family.” IfsWayHomeGrowsGrowing UpStrangeProudMountainMembersSnowLiftsHorizonCrowns Author:Margaret Craven
“I remembered that throughout my growing up and education and pursuing my dreams and desires, going into acting, and, of course, getting through Yale University and on and on and on, that being average, being mediocre was not an option that you should be proud of.” ShouldDreamDesireCoursesActingGrowing UpGrowingProudUniversityAverageRememberedBe ProudMediocreBeing MeYaleYale University Author:Angela Bassett
“Very good training to just be a person is growing up in Canada. People say a lot of things about Canada, like that it's boring, but if you look around the world, you can praise boring. It's a very civilized place to grow up. I'm very proud of it.” PeopleIfsWorldLooksPersonsGrowsGrowing UpGrowingProudTrainingPraiseVery GoodBoringAround The WorldCanadaCivilized Author:Mike Myers
“I am a proud mother - that's another reason I love doing any kind of animation. When my son was growing up, if he was watching something animated and I was in it, that was way cooler to him than seeing me in a movie.” IfsWayKindReasonMotherGrowing UpGrowingSeeingSonProudMy SonAnimationAnimated Author:Virginia Madsen
“I feel like the best kids shows aren't just for kids. The best kids shows have something in it for everyone. As you grow up, you're increasingly proud to be a fan of the show, rather than getting to an age where you suddenly become embarrassed that you ever liked it because it's only for seven-year-olds.” FeelsYearsShowsKidsAgeGrowsGrowing UpFansProudSevenEmbarrassedSeven Years Author:Alex Hirsch
“I can't speak for the Kathryn Stockett, but I would guess that she feels proud of the progress the South has made because, growing up, she experienced a very different Mississippi than the one that exists today.” FeelsMadeI CanDifferentTodaySpeakGrowing UpGrowingProgressProudSouthMississippi Author:Viola Davis
“I also know that I have represented for us a certain kind of journalist and for me over the years when an older Black person comes and tells me how proud they are of me and the way I represent us on television, or when a younger person says to me, 'Hey Mr. Gordon, I watched you growing up and my parents made me watch you,'.” KnowsWayYearsKindPersonsMadeCertainParentBlackWatchesGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionProudHeyJournalistBlack Person Author:Ed Gordon
“I was born in the United States, I'm proud to be an American, I'm an American first. But obviously, I'm a Chinese-American. And growing up, my family, my parents, and I think rightly so didn't put us in Chinatown, didn't put us with our other ethnic group, but put us in mainstream America. They're thinking was that will help us assimilate into the mainstream and be a part of it. And it did. It certainly gave me tolerance of other people, of other races, of other ethnicities and I think that's helped make me a better person.” PeopleThinkingHelpingParentGrowing UpProudMy FamilyToleranceBetter Person Author:Leroy Chiao
“Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender issues, as it also did my gay brother and my lesbian sister. Our younger sister is the perfect Jewish-American wife and mother, and is fiercely proud of that fact.” WorldFactsMotherPerfectCitiesGrowing UpIssuesWifeGrowingBrotherPerspectiveProudGayGenderParadiseLakesSaltUtahWives And MothersYounger SisterGender IssuesSalt Lake City Book:Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm Source: Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm